Does Our Success Depend on Others

Does our success and happiness depend on others? Think about this question carefully. Some might say yes because if people aren’t interested in buying our product then we fail. Some say no because you are only as successful as you choose to be.

Really there are two ways to look at this. You might say success is happiness and living a fulfilled life. Others say success depends on how well their business is going and by how much money they have in the bank.

Now let me ask the question again. Does our success depend on others? Do you still have to think about the question or have you made an observation already? I am going to talk about success with businesses verus success with contentment.

In Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, a person develops a sense of pride in their accomplishments in the fourth stage called: Industry Versus…